SKIN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SKIN?

Need another word that means the same as “skin”? Find 50 synonyms and 30 related words for “skin” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Skin” are: skinhead, peel, cutis, tegument, hide, pelt, baldhead, baldpate, baldy, epidermis, dermis, complexion, colouring, skin colour, skin tone, pigmentation, fleece, rind, outside, film, coating, coat, layer, overlay, casing, cover, covering, exterior, pod, clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle, bark, pare, scrape, hull, graze, abrade, cut, rub something raw, chafe, swindle, defraud, cheat, exploit

Skin as a Noun

Definitions of "Skin" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “skin” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A thin layer forming on the surface of certain hot liquids, such as milk, as they cool.
• A strip of sealskin or other material attached to the underside of a ski to prevent a skier slipping backwards during climbing.
• The thin outer covering of a sausage.
• The rind of a fruit or vegetable.
• The skin of a dead animal with or without the fur, used as material for clothing or other items.
• A bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal.
• A member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent.
• A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.
• A person's skin regarded as their life.
• A unit into which an Aboriginal people is divided, typically on the basis of descent, each skin being associated with a totemic bird, animal, or insect.
• A container made from the skin of an animal such as a goat, used for holding liquids.
• An outer surface (usually thin.
• The peel or outer layer of certain fruits or vegetables.
• Body covering of a living animal.
• A cigarette paper.
• A skinhead.
• A person whose head is bald or shaved.
• Relating to or denoting pornographic literature or films.
• The outermost layer of a structure such as a building or aircraft.
• The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.
• A card game in which each player has one card which they bet will not be the first to be matched by a card dealt from the pack.
• A customized graphic user interface for an application or operating system.
• (especially in jazz) a drum or drum head.

Synonyms of "Skin" as a noun (29 Words)

baldhead	(among Rastafarians) a person who is not a Rastafarian.
baldpate	A person whose head is bald or shaved.
baldy	A bald-headed person.
casing	A cover or shell that protects or encloses something. A waterproof casing.
coat	A single application of paint or similar material on a surface. A winter coat.
coating	A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance. The surface was ready for a coating of paint.
colouring	The characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction. Food colouring.
complexion	The coloring of a person’s face. A smooth pale complexion.
cover	An area of the field consisting of cover point and extra cover. The cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft.
covering	The act of protecting something by covering it. A vinyl floor covering.
cutis	The true skin or dermis.
dermis	The thick layer of living tissue below the epidermis which forms the true skin containing blood capillaries nerve endings sweat glands hair follicles and other structures.
epidermis	The surface epithelium of the skin, overlying the dermis.
exterior	The outer side or surface of something. An ideal spot to film exteriors.
film	A thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things. He had already shot a whole roll of film.
fleece	A jacket or other garment made from a fleece fabric. He clutched the ram by two handfuls of thick fleece.
hide	The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal.
layer	A shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant. They can be increased from cuttings and layers.
outside	The region that is outside of something. Record the date on the outside of the file.
overlay	A block of code or other data transferred during the overlay process. Full colour aerial photographs with overlays showing suggested routes.
peel	The rind of a fruit or vegetable. Pieces of potato peel.
pelt	An act of hurling something at someone.
pigmentation	The deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings.
pod	A narrow-necked purse net for catching eels. Gorse pods were popping in the sun.
rind	The bark of a tree or plant. Olive oil infused with lemon rinds.
skin colour	The rind of a fruit or vegetable.
skin tone	A bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal.
skinhead	A member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads some engage in white supremacist and anti immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent.
tegument	The integument of an organism especially a parasitic flatworm.

Usage Examples of "Skin" as a noun

• We were surrounded by skins with tattoos and braces.
• I use body lotion to keep my skin supple.
• The skin of an airplane.
• Your skin is the largest organ of your body.
• Victoria was skimming the skin off the saucepan of milk.
• Is this real crocodile skin?
• I passed her a plastic bag with skins and hash inside.
• A flap of skin.
• The skin trade.
• A skin filled with water.
• He tried to save his skin.
• If you are using link-sausages, prick the skins well with a fork.
• Potatoes roasted in their skins.

Skin as a Verb

Definitions of "Skin" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “skin” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of.
• Strip the skin off.
• (of a wound) form new skin.
• Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
• (of a player) take the ball past (a defender) with ease.
• Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable.
• Take money from or swindle (someone.
• Graze (a part of one's body.
• Cover with skin.
• Make a cannabis cigarette.
• Remove the bark of a tree.

Synonyms of "Skin" as a verb (21 Words)

abrade	Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion. It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine stinging dust.
bark	Remove the bark of a tree. A dog barked at her.
chafe	Rub (a part of the body) to restore warmth or sensation. It chafed him to be confined like this.
cheat	Avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill. She always cheats at cards.
clamber	Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. I clambered out of the trench.
cut	Form or shape by cutting or incising. Investigators called for a machete to cut through the bush.
defraud	Illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception. She defrauded the customers who trusted her.
exploit	Make use of (a situation) in a way considered unfair or underhand. These workers are at particular risk of being exploited in the workplace.
fleece	Cover as if with a fleece. The sky was half blue half fleeced with white clouds.
graze	Casually sample something. We grazed up and down the TV channels.
hull	Remove the hulls from. Hull the berries.
pare	Cut small bits or pare shavings from. Pare apples.
peel	Remove (the outer covering or skin) from a fruit or vegetable. Oranges that peel easily.
rub something raw	Move over something with pressure.
scramble	Make one’s way quickly or awkwardly up a steep gradient or over rough ground by using one’s hands as well as one’s feet. The Hurricanes were scrambled again this time meeting Italian fighters.
scrape	Manage to live with difficulty. The cat scraped at the armchair.
shin	Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. He shinned up a tree.
shinny	Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. He loved to shinny up that tree.
sputter	Coat (a surface) with a spray of metal particles emitted from a target that is bombarded with fast ions. But but she sputtered.
struggle	Make one’s way with difficulty. Before she could struggle he lifted her up.
swindle	Deprive of by deceit. He was said to have swindled 62 5 million from the state owned cement industry.

Usage Examples of "Skin" as a verb

• The wound was skinned, but the strength of his thigh was not restored.
• He scrambled down from the tree with such haste that he skinned his knees.
• Kanchelskis would have skinned him.
• The hole in his skull skinned over.
• She skinned the pig and salted the carcass.
• We had a few beers and then we skinned up.
• I ain't no dummy, and I know when I'm being skinned.
• The boy skinned his knee when he fell.
• Scald and skin the tomatoes.

Associations of "Skin" (30 Words)

acne	An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones. He was clean shaven with a face that had been ravaged by acne when younger.
allergic	Characterized by or caused by allergy. One and a half per cent of the population is allergic to bee venom.
bare	Lay bare. Leaf fall had left the trees bare.
bark	Tan a skin with bark tannins. He began barking out his orders.
chafe	(of an object) rub abrasively against another. He had a nasty chafe on his knee.
cystic	Relating to the urinary bladder or the gall bladder. The cystic stage.
denudation	The removal of covering.
denude	Lay bare. Almost overnight the Arctic was denuded of animals.
dermatitis	A medical condition in which the skin becomes red, swollen, and sore, sometimes with small blisters, resulting from direct irritation of the skin by an external agent or an allergic reaction to it.
expose	Expose to light of photographic film. At low tide the sands are exposed.
exposed	In a vulnerable position or situation. The army s exposed right flank was under attack.
exposure	The intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate. They feared exposure of their campaign plans.
integument	A tough outer protective layer, especially that of an animal or plant. This chemical compound is found in the integument of the seed.
itch	Cause to perceive an itch. I itched all over.
itching	An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch.
lesion	Any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part.
overexposure	Exposure of a film or a part of an image to light for too long a time. She suffered from overexposure to noxious air.
peel	An act of exfoliating dead skin in the cosmetic treatment of microdermabrasion. Paint was peeling from the shopfronts.
pigskin	Leather made from pigskin. A pair of black pigskin gloves.
rash	Any red eruption of the skin. A rash of bank robberies.
scar	Mark with a scar. A faint scar ran the length of his left cheek.
scrape	A place where soil has been scraped away especially a shallow hollow formed in the ground by a bird during a courtship display or for nesting. The cat scraped at the armchair.
scratch	An act or spell of scratching oneself to relieve itching. He gave his scalp a good scratch.
surface	Provide something especially a road with a particular surface. It was not what it appeared to be on the surface.
undo	Cause the downfall or ruin of. There wasn t any way Evelyn could undo the damage.
undress	Get undressed. Please don t undress in front of everybody.
wart	An imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart especially in smallness or unattractiveness. What a bunch of nauseating little warts you are.